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Tactical subcontracting deal abandoned in mayoral combined authority

Funding rules state ‘you must not subcontract to meet short-term funding objectives’

London launches VIP adult education quality mark

Holders of the new adult education quality mark could get the edge on future bids for funding

Provider pulls out of £3m devolved contract due to low student uptake

‘Potential learners just haven’t been able to commit to signing up’

Levelling up: More areas to be offered devolved adult education budgets

Long-awaited white paper reveals AEB devolution will be open to areas even if they do not have an elected mayor

Ofsted at odds with mayoral combined authority’s provision

A potential conflict is brewing between central government bodies and devolved areas

DfE and mayors speed up efforts to tackle HGV driver shortage

Flexibilities are being brought in for national AEB delivery while driver apprenticeships are being fast-tracked

London Mayor to increase AEB funding rates by 10% – but will the ESFA follow?

The mayor of London will increase the funding rates for all adult education budget qualifications up to and including level 2 by 10 per cent next year. It is the second year in a row that Sadiq Khan has announced rates higher than what is offered through the national AEB – funded by the Education […]

Coronavirus: Some mayoral combined authorities guarantee AEB payments to ALL provider types

Multiple mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) have promised to honour adult education budget payments to all types of providers during the coronavirus pandemic, including those with procured contracts. It comes after the Department for Education announced yesterday it would only continue to pay grant-funded colleges during the crisis. MCAs had millions in adult education budget funding […]

London is first to warn about AEB underspend for 2019/20

The first signs of yet another adult education budget (AEB) underspend have appeared, after the Greater London Authority revealed delivery is “lower than expected”. Agenda papers for a board meeting in February shows they are already taking action by moving unused funds to a budget for later in the year. GLA officials have proposed to […]